Molotov cocktail blast at business

STOCKTON - A clerk and a customer were inside a business in the 2000 block of South El Dorado Street shortly before 9 a.m. Saturday when someone threw a Molotov cocktail onto the floor, police said.

The explosion created a loud bang and a ball of fire, police said. The Stockton Fire Department extinguished the fire, which caused extensive damage inside the business, police said. The clerk and the customer were able to exit the business safely, authorities said.

The person who threw the explosive device then fled on foot along with another person. They were described as teenage boys, police said.